The Project
Starlight (UK) Limited is proposing to develop a new Energy Hub, near Blyth in Nottinghamshire, to help the UK meet its Net Zero targets.
The proposals include the deployment of solar panel arrays, along with battery energy storage facilities, which will generate 200GWh annually of electricity back in to the National Grid, via a new substation, which will connect to the existing overhead National Grid pylon line.
The proposed development areas are to the west and east of Blyth, as well as to the east of Ranskill.
Community Consultation Events
While Starlight are committed to this development proposal, they intend on holding a series of Community Consultation Events in order to present their proposals to the local communities and will seek feedback from these communities with regards to the development plans and Starlight’s biodiversity enhancement and landscape impact mitigation proposals, before any formal deployment consent is sought via an associated Development Consent Order (DCO) application.
Your input is invaluable
While Starlight is dedicated to the development proposal, they are also committed to community engagement. The team will hold a series of Community Consultation Events. These events will present our proposals to the local communities and offer a platform for feedback on our development plans, including our initiatives for biodiversity enhancement and landscape impact mitigation. Your input is invaluable, and we look forward to incorporating it before proceeding with a Development Consent Order (DCO) application.
In accordance with your feedback
This page will be kept up to date with details of the proposals, and further information will be published here in advance of any DCO application being submitted.
Starlight is committed to the transition to a net-zero future, reducing the impacts of climate change both locally and globally. Recent analysis on electricity generation costs published by Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has indicated that large-scale solar PV will be the cheapest electricity generating technology available in the next few years.
Large scale solar farms
generate the cheapest
electricity available
Promoting local engagement
As part of their socially responsible approach to supporting the UK’s NetZero strategy, Starlight is committed to ensuring that, wherever possible, local contractors are used in all aspects of their development’s deployment. The major opportunities arise during the construction phase when suitably qualified local firms will be invited to bid for different aspects of construction. Starlight encourage their contractors to source as much construction material locally as possible (i.e. within the county), and to use local transport and plant hire companies where possible, in addition to local services and amenities.
Starlight‘s development brings a range of local benefits with it and during the consultation process these will be explained in more detail.
Proposed Community Engagement Events
Blyth – tbc
Ranskill – tbc
A Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project
The Jubilee Energy Hub is a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project (NSIP) because of its scale and generation capacity.
This means that an application will be submitted to the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero for a Development Consent Order. This is similar to a planning permission and grants development consent for projects of this nature. The application will follow a defined process which assesses potential environmental impacts and the process is managed by the Planning Inspectorate (PINS) on behalf of the Secretary of State.
